A peaceful protest of a man shot and killed by police has exploded into violent and destructive riots across London. Share the latest information and developments here.
It’s Not Important News, where I wish everything was made up and the point doesn’t matter because there is no point. Continue reading
The big news today is that my husband is finally agreeing to purchase a new couch! But you have other things on your mind, don’t you? Continue reading
First, let’s talk about how securities ratings works. The three ratings agencies; Standard and Poor’s, Moody’s, and Fitch, take a look at various securities and based on the contents of those securities rate them assign a rating. Here’s the ratings scale (Moody’s/S&P & Fitch):
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First, read this fairly tone deaf article on gentrification in Harlem and Bed Stuy from the New York Times on the August 4, 2011.
Then read this elegant evisceration of the idea that gentrification “just happens” or is somehow the fault of the minorities who get forced out of their neighborhoods.
To really understand the harm perpetrated by gentrification you have to know your history. Continue reading
I don’t know about you, but if you’re often photographed, or filmed, or witnessed looking like a complete loon in most every visual sense represented by modern technology…how can you really blame anyone for your lack of focus, your stunned appearance, or what looks to be a pained effort to read the words inside your head? Apparently, Conservatives believe that the liberal media wants to make Michelle Bachmann look crazy, and it’s not, uh, you know, Michele Bachmann just looking insane, because that’s kind of her thing.
Let’s see what the conservative brain trust thinks. Continue reading
Those riots in London are still being milked for front page stuff today, according to the BBC. What were they even rioting about? Okay, it seems as though the police have killed someone and a protest over said death got out of hand, that’s why. But I also think that rioting has become sort of mainstream, it’s kind of just acceptable to riot sometimes now. Everyone’s doing it! It’s an internet sensation like planking except it has horrendously destructive and violent consequences in real life, which is pretty uncool so if you’re going to go crazy and burn something let it be the sweet Mary Jane brothers and sisters, amen. Gather round and get your headlines inside. Continue reading
I am writing this post on Sunday and I must say that I am quite anxious about Monday and how Wall Street will act in response to this downgrade. We will get an inkling of the response once the Asian and European markets open on what is Sunday night in the US, but I suspect it won’t be pretty. I do suspect some of the response is already built-in given last week’s market malaise. My bigger concern is the institutions which hold US debt as reserves that may be forced to unload it do to their charters’ requirement of holding AAA debt. Continue reading
“There must be some kind of way out of here”
Said the joker to the thief
“There’s too much confusion,
I can’t get no relief”
This week on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher did an extended monologue in the “New Rules” segment on what a Liberal Tea Party might look like. Maher may be a terrible person, but as a political comedian he’s top notch. Regardless, it got me thinking: what might a real Liberal Tea Party look like? Continue reading
Answer: For at least one brand of wireless insulin pump it is theoretically possible. You may now quiver in fear. Continue reading